[ossig] ossig Digest, Vol 21, Issue 4

[Nicholas]

Yes,

Ditesh point is there. Still, there is too little exposure on OSS in
regards to the teachers and students. This means lacking in options of
platform.


On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 18:34 +0800, Ditesh Kumar wrote:

> We need to encourage the further development of the local education
> ecosystem with focus on knowledge creation and it is up to the students
> to decide which platform they choose.

> There has been a lot of negative reaction towards open source from the
> students and that's why choosing the technology platform should be
> neutral.
> 
> As such, to focus on the development of innovative students and
> knowledge industry growth, we should be neutral.
> 
> Platforms are tools and we should be neutral because in the end, tools
> are just tools.
> 
> Remember, it's about choice. Let the market decide. Whichever
> technology platform that is chosen, be it proprietary or open source,
> does not matter as long as the end result is neutral.



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